Elsewhere Meaning
/ˌɛlsˈʍɛə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advSynonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.
nounSynonym of somewhere else: a place other than here.
Sentence Examples
I can't find my notebook here; I must have put it elsewhere.
He decided to seek information elsewhere.
Could there be intelligent life elsewhere in the universe?
CEFR Practice Quiz
The missing documents were found ____ in the old filing cabinet.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I can't find my notebook here I must have put it ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English elswher, from Old English elles hwǣr and elles hwerġen (“elsewhere”); corresponding with else + where. Cognate with Old High German alleswār (“elsewhere”), whence Middle High German alleswā, alswā (“elsewhere”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Oh, had we some bright little isle of our own, / In a blue summer ocean far off and alone; / [...] / Where simply to feel that we breathe, that we live, / Is worth the best joys that life elsewhere can give."
— [1850?], Thomas Moore, “Had We Some Bright Little Isle of Our Own”, in W[illiam] M[ark] Clark, compiler, Clark’s Orphean Warbler. Containing a Choice Collection of Nearly Two Thousand Favourite Songs, Glees, Duets, &c., so Popular at the Present Time, as Sung at the Theatres, Public Concerts, &c., in London, London: Published by W. M. Clark, […], →OCLC, page 36:
"He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair."
— 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162:
"Many monuments sold in the US are crafted from granite produced in China, India and elsewhere overseas, while a lot of stone-working equipment comes from Europe."
— 2022 February 21, Tami Luhby, “Headstone makers struggle to serve grieving families as supply chain woes continue”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025:
"We are back on the Ligurian coast, from which vertigos push human beings toward all kinds of elsewheres."
— 2000, Angela M Jeannet, Under the radiant sun and the crescent moon: Italo Calvino's storytelling:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The missing documents were found ____ in the old filing cabinet.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I can't find my notebook here I must have put it ____.